my worker missed work after an evening of consuming — Ask a Supervisor

A reader writes:

An worker I handle referred to as out at present as a consequence of being hospitalized over the weekend for alcohol poisoning. They went out to have a good time their birthday over the weekend and overdid it on the partying. I notice that is out of labor conduct; nevertheless, it’s affecting the worker’s job as a result of they couldn’t come to work. Do I’ve a leg to face on if I’ve a severe dialog with the worker about their judgment and the way the sort of conduct might negatively have an effect on their employment with our firm?

I reply this query — and three others — over at Inc. at present, the place I’m revisiting letters which were buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and generally updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.

Different questions I’m answering there at present embody:

• Founder commonly threatens to stop our start-up
• What ought to I do once I discover a coworker’s fly is down?
• I by accident strengthened a job candidates’ errors